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Rufous Bush Robin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cercotrichas
Species: galactotes
Binomial name
Cercotrichas galactotes
(Temminck, 1820)

The Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes), also called the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin or Rufous Bush Chat, is a small member of the flycatchers. It breeds around the Mediterranean and east to Pakistan. It is partially migratory, wintering in east Africa and India. This is a very rare visitor to northern Europe.


This is a bird of dry open country with bushes and shrubs. It builds its nest in a bush; three to five eggs is a typical clutch.


Rufous Bush Robin is larger than European Robin. It has brown upperparts and whitish underparts and a prominent whitish eyestripe. The western race has a paler, warmer brown back than birds in southeast Europe and Asia.


The long rufous tail is frequently fanned, showing the black and white tips of the tail feathers. All plumages are similar.


These birds feed on insects mostly caught on the ground. The clear thrush-like song has a sad tone.


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Rufous bush robin & Black Bush Robin, Yotvata, Israel, Spring 2003 (312 words)
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Black Bush Robin (Cercotrichas podobe) was the second species this spring to appear in our 'Guest of Honor' series on 23rd March.
Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) is generally a late season migrant and breeds quite commonly in the Southern Arava.
Rufous Bush Robin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (183 words)
The Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes), also called the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin or Rufous Bush Chat, is a small member of the flycatchers.
It builds its nest in a bush; three to five eggs is a typical clutch.
Rufous Bush Robin is larger than European Robin.
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